- 15 Mar 14, 01:37#394968
MY PSA of the day; For the last 8 or 10 months I've been seeing the lighting system on my car seem very dim. The brights work well, the low beams are Bi-Xenon and I can see them up against the garage door, they're both on and seem okay but at night I can barely see anything more than 20 feet away. It got to the point where I was scared a couple of times and had to use the high beams oncoming traffic be dammed.
So WTF is wrong? I begin to do a bit of research and it seems that these bulbs don't really tend to burn out give you a clear indication that they need replacing. They just get dimmer with age. The xenon gas becomes inert and is just not as efficient lighting. Seventy five bucks a piece for each bulb and fifteen minutes each unit to replace and I can now see again. My gods what a difference and they faded away so gradually that I hadn't really noticed until they got very bad.
So it's recommended that you change these bulbs after 6 to 8 years regardless of whether they still light up or not.
So WTF is wrong? I begin to do a bit of research and it seems that these bulbs don't really tend to burn out give you a clear indication that they need replacing. They just get dimmer with age. The xenon gas becomes inert and is just not as efficient lighting. Seventy five bucks a piece for each bulb and fifteen minutes each unit to replace and I can now see again. My gods what a difference and they faded away so gradually that I hadn't really noticed until they got very bad.
So it's recommended that you change these bulbs after 6 to 8 years regardless of whether they still light up or not.
"I don't want to be part of a forum where everyone has differing opinions." Boom...